Botswana

Cross-border migration in the sub Saharan region can be traced back to as early as the 1950s in which migrants from the SADC migrated to South Africa in search of employment opportunities with over 260 000 labour migrants in 1970 (Crush et al., 2005). However, during the apartheid regime in South Africa, citizens were not allowed to travel across international boundaries so as foreign visitors were not allowed to enter the country (Boyd, 1989; Makina, 2012b; Chereni, 2014). The post-apartheid…

Business models across the world also continue to change drastically with the advent of e-Commerce and this change is not just restricted to USA. Other countries are also contributing to the growth of e-Commerce. For example, the United Kingdom has the biggest e-commerce market in the world when measured by the amount spent per capita, even higher than the USA. The Internet economy in UK is likely to grow by 10% between 2010 to 2015. This has led to changing dynamics for the advertising industry…

development, and showcases good business practice. De Beers encourages sustainable business to ensure long-term positive development for Africa; this commitment is expressed in part through their considerable social investment activities in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. De Beers returns more than $2.0 billion to the continent every year (De Beers Group, 2012). De Beers approach to sustainable development is integral to business and is underpinned by 5 strategic focus areas: Economics,…

Since the early 20th century De Beers Corporation has had a monopoly on the world’s diamond supply. This monopoly has essentially enabled them to set the price for diamonds as they made up the largest market share, thus at their peak they controlled up to 80% of the worlds rough diamond supply. Through their tactic of restricting the supply of diamonds, the De Beer Corporation has made diamonds, into a luxury good. Over the past 100 years they have consolidated their vast share of the market…

For my ethnography project I will be doing the study of African music. This tradition and culture started around the 15th century. Miriam Makeba is a popular artist of African traditional music. He played folk, pop rock and jazz. I picked this topic because their religions, feelings and rituals. This stuck out too me in so many different ways. Another reason why I picked this topic was because of the interesting instruments they play. This music is some of the oldest extant music traditions in…

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory states that people in the workplace are motivated by set of internal needs, and that such motivational needs can be arranged in a hierarchical manner. Maslow suggested that people has unlimited needs those needs can influence their behaviour. He also mentioned that only unsatisfied needs can influence behaviour and satisfied needs do not act as motivators. Maslow found out that a person’s needs are arranged in order of importance, or hierarchy from the basic…

Destination for Honeymoon: Taking Romance to the Next Level Most newlyweds look forward to the honeymoon stage for it is your ‘time alone’ as a couple. It is also a real celebration, minus the crowd of well-wishers and the last minute concerns involved in a wedding party. For this reason, choosing the perfect destination for your honeymoon can give you the best time of your life, which is a great way to start your marriage. Europe, the old country, offers fantastic honeymoon destinations that…

vulnerable children who live in poor or rural conditions. It does not mean that they deliver equipment, but they empower them to have control of their life by education. The program currently has around 309,000 children and it is in 7 different countries, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Switzerland. He has inspired many people and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corporation, is one of them. “Twice I’ve had the thrill of being his doubles partner to help raise…

How Would You Assess the Overall Content of this Book? The thesis of The Fix, by John Tepperman, reflects the success of ten leaders, who used crises to socially engineer change. Additionally, their underlying use of this experiential leadership shows a commitment to realism. An example of this realism could be solution-based policies. With the main argument of the novel demonstrating that most “troubles wracking the world” stem from politicians’ ineffectiveness, rather than their policies…

The purpose of this research paper is to clearly define the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the South African Development Community (SADC). The two agreements selected are both vastly different and the few similarities between the two are thoroughly discussed. Conflict management protocols that each nation uses will provide a further understanding of the many differences. The goals of each agreement are examined to further understand the future of the NAFTA and SADC nations. The…